For government and corporate procurement.

Discover and support NSW & ACT-based social enterprises across industries.

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Use your purchasing power to create positive social and environmental impact.

Government and corporate procurement plays a powerful role in shaping markets, supporting inclusive employment, and strengthening communities.

Social procurement uses everyday purchasing to deliver social and environmental outcomes — without compromising on quality, capability, or value for money. For government and corporate teams, it’s a practical way to align procurement with broader organisational goals.

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Benefits of social procurement

Broader value from existing spend

Deliver measurable social and environmental outcomes while meeting procurement and performance requirements.
Inclusive and resilient supply chains

Support local businesses, create jobs, and strengthen communities through more inclusive procurement practices.
High-quality products, services, and suppliers

Access capable suppliers delivering competitive goods and services with impact built into what they do.
Alignment with ESG and policy priorities

Support sustainability, social impact, and government policy objectives through everyday purchasing decisions.

Organisations embedding social procurement:

Other ways government  and businesses can support social enterprises.

While social procurement is one of the most powerful ways to support social enterprises, it’s not the only one.

Governments, corporations, and philanthropic organisations can also play an important role in strengthening the ecosystem that allows social enterprises to start, grow, and scale their impact.

Support can take many forms, including:

Access to capital
Providing grants, loans, impact investment, or blended finance to help social enterprises launch new initiatives, scale successful models, and grow their impact.

In-kind support
Offering professional expertise, facilities, technology, or services that help social enterprises build capability and operate more effectively.

Access to networks
Connecting social enterprises to supply chains, partners, investors, and other organisations that can help expand opportunities and collaboration.

Learning and development
Supporting training, mentoring, and capability-building programs that strengthen the skills and leadership of social entrepreneurs.

How can SECNA help?

SECNA provides advisory services, training, and facilitation to help government and corporate teams confidently engage with the social enterprise sector.

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Advisory services

SECNA provides practical, evidence-informed advice to help organisations design more effective funding, procurement, and engagement approaches.

Our advisory work includes:

Reviewing and improving funding or procurement processes
Designing and facilitating co-design and consultation processes
Providing expert input into policy, strategy, and program development
Advising on how to engage meaningfully with the social enterprise sector

- Supporting a philanthropic funder to review and redesign its funding processes, resulting in a streamlined application approach that reduced unnecessary burden on social enterprises.
- Partnering with a NSW Government department to design and deliver co-design workshops, ensuring direct sector input into program and policy development.

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Speaking and workshop facilitation

SECNA delivers keynote presentations, training sessions, panels, and facilitated workshops tailored to government, corporate, university, and sector audiences.

We can provide:

Conference keynotes and panel contributions
Social procurement training for procurement and leadership teams
Facilitated workshops and roundtables
Guest lectures and capability-building sessions

In addition, SECNA and relevant members of our network can contribute subject-matter expertise across a range of social enterprise and procurement topics.

- SECNA’s CEO, Kylie Flament, has spoken at major conferences and events including SXSW, the National Community Transport Conference, Social Impact in the Regions, and NSW Government procurement events.
- SECNA has delivered training and facilitation for organisations including Macquarie University, University of Wollongong, Western Sydney University, AMP Foundation, and INCO.

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NSW Governement - Procurement Enquiry Findings

2024 ended on a high note for our local social enterprise sector when the NSW Government's response to the final report from the parliamentary inquiry into procurement practices came back with lots of support for: